The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-27
General and miscellaneous.

The Chicago, Milwaukee q ST. Paul road yes
terday opened for business it's extension to
Chillicothe. Mo.
General Manager J. NJ Whitman announces
that the extension of the Dakota Central rail-
way, from Faulkton to Gettysburg, D. IT, will
be opened for business Monday next.
The California Central branch of the A., 7. &
s. +. from San Bernardino to Los Angeles has
become the best paying division on the system,
earning at the rate of $4,000 per mile per
annum.
The agreed commission per passenger out oe
San Francisco for the East is So. 1t is now al
legged that the Union Pacific has been paying So
per head, and the passenger circles on the Pa
cific slope are badly torn up over the matter.
1t is said that within the next sixty days orders
for 300 600 ton of steel rails will be placed, and
further, that most Of them will be purchased at
the rate of $50 per ton. The average rate on
large lots the past summer has been $37 to $38.
Rumor now has it that the Union Pacific peo-
pie to build line to Los Angeles. The
rumor has for foundation, that surveying
parties in the field west of Salt Lake and
have found feasible pass through the Sierras
east of Modesto
The Manitoba road has entered into traffic
agreement with the Burlington 81 Northern
road through which the bulk OF through bust
from the Northwest will be forwarded to
Chicago over the Burlington g. Northern and
the Wisconsin Central roads
Grand Chief Arthur, in bis address before the
Locomotive Brotherhood in Boston, Sunday last,
said if all the railroad presidents were like Pres
would never be any more railroad strikes IN this
country. and the remark drew forth loud
applause.
Col. Crocker of the Southern Pacific, states
that the entire grading in the Siskiyou mount
aims will be done within thirty days. Only 120
feet rema aimed to be bored in the summit tunnel,
and he expected the California and Oregon
would be in operation beyond the Oregon line
by Nov l.
The Atchson and Southern Pacific are likely
to have a race in railroad building the objective
point being the Santa Susanna Pass, which will
give the control of the traffic of the Santa Clara
valley, for the Southern Pacific hopes to block
the possible construction of an Atchison short
line between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The fifth test of the automatic air brakes on
freight cars, which was concluded on Wednes-
day last on the C., B. q @ demonstrates that
train 900 feet long, consisting of fifty cars, and
running at a speed of forty miles per hour can
be brought to a standstill in running 695 feet,
without q shock, and at twenty miles per hour
in 165 feet, without a shock.
A traffic agreement has been entered into be-
tween the Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia
Reading company to operate jointly the Penn
svlvania-Schuylkil Valley road, which is near
ing completion. The new line will reduce the
distance from Pottsville to Shenandoah forty
miles. and avoids the trip around the mountain
of Tamaqua. Both roads have equal rights over
the whole line
In commenting the low earnings per mile
made by the Chicago, Burlington & Northern
road, the Boston Transcript says the trouble
has been the fact that the road began operations
just in time get the full benefit of the inter
state commerce law. and besides, its relations
with the Chicago. Burlington q Quincy are such
that il had to make rates freight under this
law on a low basis in order to prevent the other
roads from attacking the Chicago Burlington 81
Quincy.